Psychometric properties of the mental retardation attitude inventory-revised in Chinese college students

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-308

  Hampton, Nan Zhang ^a,c   Xiao, F ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Confirmative factor analysis; Intellectual disability; Mental Retardation Attitude Inventory Revised; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINA; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL RETARDATION ATTITUDE INVENTORY REVISED; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 40949101864     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2007.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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